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Anil Kapoor goes grey for Fanney Khan
The Mr India actor, known for looking ageless, dyed his hair for his character in the film directed by Atul Manjrekar.
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Kangan, Bandhan, Jhoola: Leela Chitnis’s hat-trick of hits
On the actress’s 108th birth anniversary today (8 September), here’s a look at her early social films which were highly successful.
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Revisiting Mehboob Khan’s last film, Son Of India
On the legendary filmmaker's 110th birth anniversary, we revisit his last film which starred his son, Sajid Khan.
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MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2017 to kick off with Anurag Kashyap's Mukkabaaz
The sports film starring Vineet Kumar Singh as a boxing underdog will open the festival which is being held from 12 – 17 October.
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Judwaa 2 song: Varun Dhawan's 'Oonchi Hai Building' still stuck in Salman's time warp
The latest song from the David Dhawan remake is quite similar to the original.
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Priyanka Chopra kickstarts TIFF with a conversation on opportunity and cinema
The actress headlined the Toronto International Film Festival Soirée as part of an opening event to celebrate female filmmakers and spoke to artistic director Cameron Bailey about her journey in Hindi cinema and Hollywood.
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Here’s what to expect from India at this year’s TIFF 2017
The Toronto International Film Festival which begins today (7 September) has a number of films from the Indian subcontinent, from Anurag Kashyap’s Mukkabaaz to Priyanka Chopra’s production, Pahuna: The Little Visitors.
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Toilet: Ek Prem Katha producer Prernaa Arora supports Indian armed forces
Arora, who produced the successful social film, joined star Akshay Kumar’s fundraising drive to help out members of the Indian armed forces.
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Manoj Bajpayee begins shooting for Devashish Makhija's Bhonsle
The shoot for the film finally began on 5 September, the last day of Ganpati visarjan in Mumbai.
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Ritesh Batra: I did Our Souls At Night primarily to work with Robert Redford, Jane Fonda
The director and actors spoke to the press after the premiere of their Netflix film in Venice Film Festival.
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Anil Kapoor, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra begin shooting of Fanney Khan
Directed by Atul Manjrekar, the film also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Rajkummar Rao.
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Shoojit Sircar launches Banita Sandhu in love story October
The newcomer will star opposite Varun Dhawan in the film.
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Celebrating the favourite romantic hero of Hindi cinema: Happy birthday Rishi Kapoor
On his 65th birthday, we revisit 11 of the many landmark romantic roles Rishi Kapoor played out in a nearly five-decade-long career.
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NFDC takes over International Film Festival of India under order from I & B ministry
Previously, NFDC only ran the successful Film Bazaar at the festival, presenting films to sales agents, buyers, film festival programmers and financiers.
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Sadhana: The making of a style icon
On her 76th birth anniversary, a look back at how Sadhana become a national fashion star.
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Bhoomi song 'Daag': Sanjay Dutt, Aditi Rao Hydari are overcome with grief
Composed by Sachin-Jigar, the song depicts the aftermath of a tragic event in the life of the close father-daughter pair played by Dutt and Rao Hydari.
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Trolling is not news, don't know why media gives it importance: Priyanka Chopra
The actress was speaking to a magazine about her upcoming Sikkimese production, Pahuna, which premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival next week.
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Judwaa 2 song: Varun Dhawan’s Raja celebrates with 'Suno Ganpati Bappa Morya'
The newest song, composed by Sajid Wajid, from the remake of 1997 film is all about the elephant god.
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Birthday special: Rajkummar Rao’s fantastic 2017
The Bareilly Ki Barfi actor, who turns 32 today (31 August), may not rule the box office, but with each film release in 2017, he endears himself to Hindi cinema fans and audiences.
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Nawazuddin, Sanya Malhotra line up for Ritesh Batra's next
The Babumoshai Bandookbaaz actor will reunite with Batra for the project based on a photographer and his muse.